BELLOWS FALLS-On this Saturday, the 250th anniversary of two early Massachusetts battles that irrevocably advanced...
BRATTLEBORO-Greg Lesch. the executive director of the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, died Feb. 19,
Many people in Windham County look on in frustration as they watch the police arrest...
ROCKINGHAM-The town of Rockingham recently announced that the Proposed Amendments to the town's Zoning and...
Voters in the Leland & Gray Union High School District towns of Townshend, Brookline, Jamaica, Newfane, and Brookline will vote by Australian ballot on Wednesday, Feb. 2, to adopt or reject the 2011-12 budget of $6,328,984. The budget had been previously proposed and approved by a majority of members of the union district school board. Polls will be open in town offices in Brookline and Townshend (9 a.m.), and Jamaica and Windham (10 a.m.). Newfane residents will cast their ballots...
Local high school groups will give a warm-up concert of their own on Friday, Feb. 3 at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, with proceeds benefitting the In-Sight Photography Project. In-Sight, which teaches photography to students ages 11-18 throughout southern Vermont, offers a creative voice and outlet, an opportunity to experience success, and tools for self-awareness and self-worth. The program encourages participants to become actively engaged in their communities. The program is offered regardless of ability to pay. Tickets are...
If it weren't for our African-American brethren representing this country in Rio, where would our Olympic medal count be? Much much lower than our current grand first-place standing. And yet, these young athletes, and their sisters and brothers cheering them on in the stands, in their ordinary lives are subject to suspicions and violence from those in positions of power far in excess of the white population back home. The irony! Further, for the most part, these athletes seem full...
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